The necropsy showed that the cause of death was due to 10 POUNDS OF PLASTIC BAGS caught in the whale’s digestive track! Wow – I don’t know just how many bags it would take to make 10 lbs – but I am guessing in the 1000’s! Every day over 8 million pieces of litter, mostly plastic, enter the ocean and the majority of the trash comes from beaches - left by careless individuals. Each year over 100,000 marine mammals and over 1 million sea birds lose their lives due to Plastic Trash.
It is for this reason that Planet Rehab has decided to precede our Hands Across the Sand event with a Beach Clean Up Fundraiser.
Hands Across the Sand is a simple event, where we will link hands at noon on June 25 for 15 minutes to oppose offshore drilling and to stand for the health of the oceans. Last year Hands Across the Sand spread to 187 countries and over 900 individual locations.
Planet Rehab hosted Huntington Beach and Laguna Beach last year, but, due to our work in Long Beach this past year (Leaders Causing Leaders Conference at Long Beach Convention Center) and the wonderful contacts that we have made, we decided to host Long Beach for 2011.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
Planet Rehab requests your presence as we celebrate Hands Across the Sand this year beginning with our First Annual Beach Clean Up Fundraiser which will commence at 8:15 AM and be followed at 11:00 AM by our Hands Across the Sand program.
We will be meeting at Granada Launch Ramp in Long Beach located at 5101 E. Ocean Blvd. Long Beach 90803.
For more info and to sign up please contact gcmitchell7@aol.com
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